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Editorial: French underground
The invasion of France brings to a climax the long, dangerous years of effort by members of the French underground. The day for which they had been toiling and waiting dawned when Allied troops went ashore in Normandy – although the struggle they face will still be long and costly. Arms and ammunition for 75,000 French patriots have been distributed by Allied forces.
The underground, coming into the open almost immediately after the Normandy landings, has already tied up large German forces in southern and southeastern France. We shall hear more from it, but it has already done more than many Americans realize.
We read that 40 percent of German shells are duds, that there is a bottleneck in German plane replacement parts, that German troops and supplies are delayed by transportation tie-ups. And for this we can thank the underground as well as our Allied fliers.
The underground began in the shattered wreckage of a defeated France. Its organizers trained men and women for sabotage. The underground counteracted German lies, converted wavering patriots, published newspapers, wrecked enemy transportation and communication, and poisoned food going to Germany.
The members met in Paris subways and bombed-out houses. They stole arms, and transported them under Germans’ noses. They were cold and hungry and sick, but they kept the spirit of free France alive, and kept the Allies informed of important German military developments by secret radio. Now, though still insufficiently armed, they create valuable diversionary assistance to the advancing armies of liberation.
These patriots will eventually play an important part in the liberation of their homeland. The disorganized French Army was crushed hopelessly four years ago, but that blow and the hard years since have failed to kill France’s devotion to liberty. It will live again.